Busy Bee

Why is it that my haircut looked SO good the first day, and now I can't figure out how to style it properly? Hmmm..guess I'll have to keep experimenting. Here I am skating in Jasper - tons of fun, but 3 times around the 1km track was enough for me!
I'm trying to figure out why I'm so busy this week, and why I feel like I'm flying by the seat of my pants, always. Then I realize that the semester is almost over (marking, marking, and more marking), I'm starting up again after a two-week break, and I have moved up my bed time so that I get enough sleep! Not that I stick to the proposed bed time very well...we aim for 9pm, and end up turning the light out at 10:30, although that's better than 11pm I suppose. The aim is (along the vein of New Year's resolutions) to get up at 5am to work out, because we know very well I won't exercise when I get home from work or in the evening, and if I don't get with it I'm going to turn into a great big stuffed pig. I do hope it calms down, though...too crazy!
I'm excited to say that my household of two plus dog is expanding...with a 20-year-old. My husband's sister will be arriving from the United Arab Emirates to live with us and go to school here, since it's so difficult for foreigners to go to university there and make a go of it/transfer decent amounts of credit back here. I'm looking forward to having a fuller house...and in some ways it'll probably hold us to more of a schedule which is nice. I'll also get to cook for more people which is great, because it gives me more encouragement to cook a decent meal instead of go for something quick....although we generally eat well. Yey, a sister!
Now, as for this blog, where on earth did all my goodies go? Are YOU seeing the designs, or just a black/blue page with words? It all suddenly disappeared and I don't know how to get it back. Perhaps I should stick with simple blog layouts...